List of current Brave CF fighters

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Brave Combat Federation, also known as Brave CF, is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in Bahrain. It was established on 23 September 2016 by Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and is currently the biggest organization in the Middle East, as well as one of the fastest-rising MMA properties in the world. [1]

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This list is an up-to-date roster of those fighters currently under contract with the Brave CF brand. Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of fights with the promotion.

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests. All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

Brave Combat Federation adopted a new weight class for 2019: Super Lightweight (165 lbs), and also increased the weight limit of the Welterweight class to 175 lbs. [2]

Fighters

Heavyweight (265 Ib, 120 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Lithuania.svg Pavel Dailidko (C) The Experiment9–25–12024
Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Podkrajšek 5–12–12024
Flag of Slovenia.svg Haris Aksalič 2–02–02024
Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Dubiela 6–31–12024

Light Heavyweight (205 Ib, 93 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Erko Jun (C) The Bounty Hunter9–23–02024
Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Said Maalem L'Ambiance13–6 (1)3–3 (1)2024
Flag of Bahrain.svg Rasul Magomedov 7–04–02024

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Middleweight (185 Ib, 83.9 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Suriname.svg Noach Blyden 5–12–02024

Super Welterweight (175 Ib, 79.3 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Cado (C) Golden Boy18–7–14–02024
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Bandel Bomba22–9–13–22024
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Eliezer Kubanza 7–04–02024
Flag of Russia.svg Kamal Magomedov 11–13–12024
Flag of Angola.svg Chequina Nos Pedro 9–41–02024

Super Lightweight (165 Ib, 74.8 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Bahrain.svg Eldar Eldarov (C) Khan14–16–02022
Flag of Bahrain.svg Abbas Khan 8–35–22024
Flag of Bahrain.svg Murad Guseinov 8–02–02024
Flag of Turkey.svg Khamzat Maaev Borz5–12–12024
Flag of Slovenia.svg Domen Drnovsek 1–11–12024

Lightweight (155 Ib, 70.3 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Abdysalam Kubanychbek (C) Omok22–3 (1)8–0 (1)2024
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Martins Mineiro22–74–42023
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Olzhas Eskaraev Kypshak15–73–22023
Flag of Bahrain.svg Ramazan Gitinov 5–03–02024
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Mach 8–51–22024
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Youssef Boughanem 3–02–02024
Flag of Pakistan.svg Rizwan Ali Pakido Warrior9–02–02024
Flag of India.svg Srikant Sekhar Captain Crazy7–90–22024

Featherweight (145 Ib, 65.7 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Nemat Abdrashitov (C) Eagle19–84–02023
Flag of Ukraine.svg Omar Solomonov 13–34–12024
Flag of Jordan.svg Izzeddine Al Derbani The Palestinian Samurai15–52–32024
Flag of the Taliban.svg Zabiullah Mubarez Crime5–41–12024

Bantamweight (135 Ib, 61.2 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nicholas Hwende (C) 9–13–12024
Flag of South Africa.svg Nkosi Ndebele King8–38–32024
Flag of Bahrain.svg Flag of Russia.svg Magomed Idrisov 10–23–22024
Flag of Ireland.svg Gerard Burns 6–13–02024
Flag of Iran.svg Mojtaba Nasiri The Soldier Panther5–32–02024
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khurshed Nazarov 9–1–10–12024

Women's Bantamweight (135 Ib, 61.2 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Bahrain.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Sabrinna de Sousa 2–02–02024

Flyweight (125 Ib, 56.7 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Muhammad Mokaev The Punisher13–0 (1)5–02024
Flag of Bahrain.svg Mohamed Alsameea 3–02–12024
Flag of Georgia.svg Bidzina Gavashelishvili 14–32–02024
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ismail Khan The Volcano9–12–02024
Flag of Pakistan.svg Awan Aqib The Alpha6–31–12024

[4] [5]

Women's Strawweight (115 Ib, 52.2 kg)

ISO NameNicknameMMA recordBRAVE recordYear of Last BRAVE fight
Flag of Slovenia.svg Monika Kučinič Pitbull5–23–02024

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References

  1. ↑ Altatis, Conan (May 7, 2018). "Mohammed Shahid: Philippines is a no-brainer destination for Brave CF". ALTATIS magazine. altatis.com.
  2. ↑ BRAVE FIGHTS (May 7, 2018). "BRAVE ANNOUNCES NEW WEIGHT CLASSES FOR 2019". bravefights.com.
  3. ↑ Cruz, Guilherme (2022-01-28). "Rasul Magomedov, who beat Kyle Snyder in wrestling, set to make pro MMA debut in June". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ↑ "BRAVE Combat Federation signs undefeated Bulgarian star Nikolay Atanasov". FightBook MMA. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  5. ↑ "BRAVE CF Official Statement – Muhammad Mokaev". bravecf.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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